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        <a  href="/news/prof-john-martin-named-university-scholar">Prof  John  Martin  Named  University  Scholar</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Prof  John  Martin  Named  University  Scholar



(October  2011)



Assistant  Professor  of  Astronomy-Physics  John  Martin  has  been  named  the  2011  University  Scholar  for  the  University  of  Illinois  Springfield.  The  University  Scholar  program  honors  the  top  scholars  at  the  University  of  Illinois  and  is  the  top  award  for  scholarship  on  the  Springfield  Campus.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/first-light-new-ccd-camera">First  Light  on  New  CCD  Camera</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">First  Light  on  New  CCD  Camera



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        <a  href="/news/transit-venus-star-party-june-5-2012">Transit  of  Venus  Star  Party  on  June  5,  2012</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Transit  of  Venus  Star  Party  on  June  5,  2012



We  will  be  hosting  a  special  day-time  star  party  at  Southwind  Park  from  5pm  to  sunset  in  Springfield,  IL  to  view  the  rare  Transit  of  Venus  event  on  Tuesday,  June  5,  2012.  



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        <a  href="/news/pictures-moon">Pictures  of  the  Moon</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Pictures  of  the  Moon



On  May  30  we  took  a  series  of  pictures  of  the  Moon  with  our  wide-field  CCD  camera  on  our  20-inch  telescope.  Below  is  the  image  we  produced.</div>
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        <a  href="/news/supernova-impostors">Supernova  Impostors</a>
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        <div  class="newsletter-txt">Supernova  Impostors



The UIS  Barber  Observatory has  taken  advantage  of  the  clear  weather  patterns  and  our  new  wide-field  U42  camera  to  follow  the  brightness  variations  of  suspected supernova  impostors in  distant  galaxies.</div>
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